Sabhas we listen to

On the 30th year of Panchayati Raj, the rise of the Gram Sabha holds the hope of making local-government accountable  

Centre’s Rs 64,000 cr plan for future pandemics: What does it consist of?

New policy aimed at improving tertiary care, diagnostics and surveillance; it will supplement National Health Mission, says government

Delhi’s dilemma

Why statehood is no answer to the city’s pollution mess

Simply Put: Data govt takes, data govt offers

Will Modi keep his power promise?

The NDA government is more than 2,000 days behind schedule for providing electricity to all households in India

Union Budget 2022-23: Number of centrally sponsored schemes cut by half

19 schemes under Ministry of Women & Child Development ‘rationalised’ revamped to only 3  

Net profit

Jharkhand taps its dam reservoirs and ponds to boost fish production as well as livelihood

Fault lines in expressway

To assess the extent of the ecological damage that construction activity is causing, Down To Earth travelled 250 km on the Char Dham Mahamarg …

India’s Nutrition Atlas goes live

The Nutrition Atlas provides information and data on nutritional status of population groups at national and state levels

Sick(le) charade

The NDA government's new and revised schemes to augment rural development are yet to show any results

What to expect from the budget

Narendra Modi's first budget may have many surprises contrary to popular expectations being raised in media. Don't ignore the deficit monsoon and …

As told to Parliament (November 29, 2021): Industries contribute up to a third of Delhi’s pollution

All that was discussed in the House through the day

What India’s first assessment of district hospitals found

Not all 707 district hospitals performed as standards demand  

Agriculture sustains growth, but what about the whole year?

All sectors of Indian economy, except farm, remain below 2019-20 levels

Private hospitals charging more a positive development for Ayushman Bharat CEO

Longer stay, utilisation of unnecessary services for neonatal care in private hospitals

Environment ministry allows state authorities to deal with EC violation cases

A notification by the environment ministry to allow state authorities to deal with violation cases puts a serious question mark on project …

50 debt-ridden weavers in Varanasi committed suicide since Modi became PM

Conditions of weavers community got worse during Modi regime, reveal experts’ findings

Cabinet approves amendments to power tariff policy

Policy claims to ensure 24X7, affordable power for all

National Saffron Mission has failed due to government insensitivity, say growers

The ailing industry was badly hit by last year’s floods which damaged saffron worth Rs 668 crore 

Growth at the cost of environment?

Interim Budget 2019: Renewable energy plans on hold till full budget

Lots of hints dropped but no concrete proposal

Obituary: Former health secy Keshav Desiraju fought hard against corruption in health industry

He was summarily transferred to the ministry of consumer affairs during his tenure as the health secy

Delhi hasn’t done enough to contain COVID-19, Centre tells Supreme Court

Affidavit lists lack of testing, beds, contact-tracing

About sleepless nights at PMO and the diwan

Are bureaucrats under Modi regime so hard-pressed that settees in office have become a necessity?

Will electoral compulsions force govt to use muscular tech?

Display of technological power is being identified as a valid political tool to galvanise public sentiment